Josef Holbrooke: Quick Facts

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Born	July 5, 1878 • England
Died	August 5, 1958 (aged 80) • London • England

Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.

Benjamin Britten

British composer

Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn

British musician

portrait of Arthur Sullivan by John Everett Millais

Arthur Sullivan

British composer

Thea Musgrave

Thea Musgrave

British composer

Delius, drawing by Edmond X. Kapp, 1932

Frederick Delius

English composer

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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett

British composer

Holst, Gustav

Gustav Holst

British composer

Thomas Ades, wearing a black suit and gray tie, smiles while holding a Grammy Award trophy in front of a backdrop with gold Grammy logos.

Thomas Adès

British composer, pianist, and conductor

Sir Lennox Berkeley, 1988.

Sir Lennox Berkeley

British composer

Detail of portrait of Charles Dibdin, oil on canvas, by Thomas Phillips, 1799; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Charles Dibdin

British composer, author, actor and manager

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Sir Henry J. Wood

British musician

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Sir Michael Tippett

British composer

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Sir Arthur Bliss

English composer

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Sir Eugene Goossens

British conductor

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Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen

British conductor and composer

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

Anglo-Irish composer and conductor

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William Jackson

British composer

Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Henry Rowley Bishop

English composer and conductor

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Sir George Henschel

British musician

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Frederic Austin

British singer and composer